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United States
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dma110 and Eng5858 - Bypassing the Bad Word Filter is not making you any friends around here.
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United States
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dma, Circle K is where I work now! (this will mean something to you . . . up on Shea and the 101. Come 'n' say hi sometime  ) I'm proud to report that I still make great finds there; I wasn't the one who found it, but about a year ago, a floater-clerk reported getting an entire roll of silver dimes at her store. Pocketed in exchange for a five-dollar bill, but of course! And Eng . . . whoa!! As someone who has an antique piano in the family, may I please recommend you call someone who actually deals in instruments and ask them to give your fine machine a look-over? If it's old enough to have an UNC 1909 in it, it probably has real wood and ivory keys. (Haaa, watch me go straight from one love to another, coins to music.) |
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United States
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Dang Eng, that's a sweet coin !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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United States
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I was at a wal Mart here in Texas about two years ago and got 4 pennies in my change. I took a quick glance at the change and thought, "Great...A canadian penny. Just my luck." When I got outside I looked again and was much more at ease with the coin. It turned out to be an 1881 Indian Head penny! Gotta love that! |
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Didn't realized I had replied to this before. Comment deleted.
Edited by Coinfanmorgan
12/30/2012 2:01 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Eng5858, that was like finding buried treasure!
In 2010 I was building some walls in my basement. I placed in between the wood a vacuum packed roll of 2009 Lincoln cents.... the LP4 - D mint so someone in the distant future would find a buried treasure all their own. Also put a few other 2009 & 2010 uncirculated coins in with the roll.
I don't know when my house will be gutted or torn down, but hopefully not when I'm still living in it!
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United States
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I do foreclosure cleanouts, and I should be kicked in the head for this but, I found a bag of old silver coins in a closet, Morgans, Franklin halves, mercs etc and sold them for silver.. so stupid back then, :/ |
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I'm hearing talk that silver could hit $50 an ounce this year. That might have been a bit early to sell that bag of coins John. lol But, we live and learn!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A relative of mine and my cousin's girlfriend were at work. My cousin's girlfriend was trying to buy a soda and the coin wasn't accepting a quarter. The relative gave her another quarter to use and gave the quarter to me. It was a 1961 silver quarter and the machine wasn't taking it.
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buddy16cat:
The hide of such a machine! Won't take genuine coins, only fake debased ones!
Probably a fake debased machine!
Try using washers. At least the hole in those is genuine.
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United States
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I found a 2008 silver Eagle used as $1 at the convenience store down the street a few months ago. Too bad it was circulated and ruined. I still don't care...I'm not in silver and base metals for any numismatics, just the melt values, and it only cost $1. Yes, it is real. Once it hit the counter and I heard it I knew it was a deal.  Edited by ramicio
02/11/2013 7:12 pm
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United States
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Wow that's insane and sad that someone would spend a proof silver eagle but it was good for you :) wish I was that lucky!
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United States
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Yeah, a few weeks ago the one girl there said on the day I didn't come in that some little kid came in with like 5 of them to pay for candy. They weren't there the next day. I haven't seen any since and haven't seen any worthwhile half dollars. I'm guessing that kid got into somewhere his parents didn't want him to and he got his butt kicked. She found a Mercury dime that she bought from the register. The only other interesting thing I found there in the past was a bicentennial half and a 1966 40% half. It would have been insane to have bought five silver eagles for $5! Edited by ramicio
02/11/2013 7:01 pm
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United States
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I found an AU 1937 Mercury dime on the counter of the men's bathroom in a local grocery store last year when I worked at the in-store bank. |
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United States
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When I was younger I saw a couple of strange looking coins at my local coin star machine and decided to pocket them. One Russian, one Swedish, one Italian, and one Chinese coin!
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